Puncturing pin for golf clubs



Sept. 21 1926.

W. J. GOLDSWORTHY PUNCTURING PIN FOR GOLF CLUBS Filed Dec. 1923 Fig. 8

INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 21, 1926.

' UNITED STA WILLIAM J 'eomswo'smiz, or SAN FnANoIsoo', oALIFoRNIAfPUNo'rURI'nG PIN Eon GOLF CLUBS;

.Applicationj' filed December The present invention relates generally toimprovements in golf practicing and train-: ing devices wherewith aplayer may, while away from a golf course, practiceand train in parts ofthe game and, from such practice and training, acquire greaterproficiency playing anactua'l game of golf upon the golf course.

The invention relates. particularly to a puncturing pin secured on thestriking face of a .golf club used in hitting a golf practice ball. I I

One object of the invention is to provide a puncturing means forindicating, onthe golf practice ball used, the accuracy with which thepractice stroke has been made. Heretofore in hitting the golf practiceball, in the different practice blows, the ball when hit, if hit t all,is projected to a distance from the player, requiring that an elaborateblocking and returning means be provided or that the player leaves hishitting position and himself retrieves the golf practice ball. Soanother object of the invention is to provide, in connection with thepuncturing means used, a means on the club for retrieving certainclasses of golf practice balls,-or substitutes for a golf ball, wherebythe golf practice ball, or the substitute for a golf ball, after beinghit by the club, may Joe retrieved by the club, itself, in thecompletion of the blow and thereby allow the player to do his practicingin a relatively limited space.

Golf practice balls, or substitutes for golf balls, adapted to be usedto attain theoloject set forth above, havealreadybeen proposed anddescribed, reference be ng also had to my oopending application SerialNumber 682,874; Other advantages will v ap pear as the device is betterunderstood from the particulars of the same herein set forth in detail.Q p

In the accompanying drawing where like numbers designate the same partsthroughout. the different views 7 "Fig. 1 is a perspective view of thedevice as attached, to the striking face of an iron golf club. I Figure2 is a cross section on the line U-fl/ of the Figure 1, givingaside'view of sonie'parts and a sectional view of the other :parts of'thedevice. ,7 p

In carrying the invention into effect a sheet member 6 is provided, oneface of which is made to contact with and lie-flatly against thestriking face of a golf club 7.

8, 1523. Serial no. 679,331

From, th pposite face of the sheet mem 6 a sharp pointed pin 5 i's madetofprojg t T FFIQE outwardly and forwardly therefrom in what is calledthe line of play, Or c'le s'cribiii'g the same construction in otherwords, a sharp pointed pin 5 is. provided upon which is formed a head 6flattened in alplanetraversing the length of the pin 5 and is here shownof rectangular shape in that plane. The flattened head 6 being shaped tocontact with and lie flatly against the. striking face of theclub 7. Thepin 5 is madeto project from the sheet member 6, also called theflattened headv 6, in a plane ,horizontal'to the surface played upon,when and after the contacting face of the sheet member 6, also calledthe flattened head 6, has been secured tothe striking face of the club 7and the club 7 is lproperlysol'e d as understood in golf, whenaddressing the golfpracticeball to be hitby the 011157. As the strikingface of the different classes of golf clubs have differing lofts, or inother words, he in planes varying'in angle as to the surface playedupon, so it follows thatthe pin 5 will be made to project fronithe sheetmember 6, also called the flattened headfi, at such varying anglesthereto as may be determined by the loft of the club proposed for use; Iw

A method proposed for securing the contacting face of the sheetniemloer. 6, also called the flattened headti, to the striking face of.the golfclub'? is by the means of an t adhesive substance. The adhesivemay be either applied inthe fluid, state to the contacting face of thesheet member-6, also called thefiatten'ed head 6, and then that membersecured at once on and to the striking face of the club 7. Or theadhesive, in the fiuidgstate may be applied to the conta'cting facementioned above and dried vthereon and at a later time thedry adhesivemay be moistened'and then-thesaid above mentioned face secured to thestriking face oftheclub7. v

In order to more securely fasten or hold the pin 5 to the striking faceof the club 7, a covering sheet member 8 is provided of a greatersuperficial extent than the sheet member '6, also called the flattenedhead 6. An opening or aperture 9 is formed extending throughthe body ofthe covering sheet 8 from one face to theopposite face thereof. a Thepin 5 is madeto'project through and beyond the aperture 9, or the pint)if and when forced through the covering sheet 8 may be made to make itsown aperture, and the covering sheet 8, owing to its relatively greaterextent, will cover and overrun the sheet member 6, also called theflattened head 6. The overrunning portions of the covering sheet 8 willbe made to contact with and lie flatly against the striking face of thegolf club 7. The covering sheet 8 is intended to be fashioned from somematerial, such as duck, paper, leather, fibre or the like, that willlend itself readily to be secured by an adhesive to the striking face ofthe club 7 The adhesive maybe applied in the fluid state'to thecontacting face of the covering sheet 8 andthat member secured at onceto the striking face of the club 7, or the adhesive may be applied tothe contacting face of the covering sheet 8 and dried thereon and at alater time moistened and the covering sheet 8 then secured to thestriking face of the club 7. By such a method the sheet member 6, alsocalled the flattened head 6, will be secured between the covering sheet8 and the striking face of the club 7 with the pin extending through andbeyond the covering sheet 8 outwardly and forwardly from the strikingface of the club 7 into and along the line of play.

As a means for retaining on the puncturing pin 5 an object punctured bythe pin 5, among which would be the golf practice balls, or substitutesfor a. golf, ball, mentioned at the beginning of this specification, abarb 10 is fashioned on or secured to the puncturing pin 5. The barb 10may be formed integral with the pin 5, or immov ably secured to the pin5, or carried on the pin 5 in a manner to permit the collapsing or thefolding up against or into the pin 5, of the barb 10 and in eachinstance act as, and fill the purpose of, a barb. The barb 10, as hereinintended to collapse, or fold up, is hun in a recess 12 tothe pin 5 by apivot 11. The recess 12 is formed in the side of and longitudinally ofthe pin 5 of a less lengththan the pin 5, falling short in length atboth the sharpened point of the pin 5 and at the head 6, also called thesheet member 6, of the pin 5. The pivot 11 is immovably secured to thepin 5 at a point in the recess 12 lying between the longitu- I dmalcenter of the recess 12 and that end of the recess 12 nearest thesharpened point of the pin 5. The barb 10 is hung on the pivot 11 tofreely swing thereon and hang normally in a downwardly dependingposition and will lie between, and divide the recess 12 into, twosections of the recess 12 of unequal length. The barb 10 is made of sucha dimension and shape that, when swung on the pivot 11, in the shorterforward section of the recess 12, towards the sharpened point of the pin5, it will at once contact against the forward end of the recess'12 andbe held projecting downwardly and away from the pin 5, and when swung inthe opposite direction, in the longer section of the recess 12, towardsthe striking face of the club 7, the barb 10 will collapse and fold intoand be hidden inthe recess 12. The ends of the recess 12 are shaped toaid in such results; the rearward end being shaped to receive and holdthe barb 10 hidden in the recess 12 and theforward end is shaped to holdthe barb '10 projecting downwardly from the recess 12 and the pin 5.

When the club 7 with the device, as so far described, is used to hitinto a perforable object, as the golf practice balls and substitutesbefore mentioned, it is intended that the pin 5 and the barb 10 willenter and pass entirely through the perforable object and the object bebrought to rest against the means securing the pin 5 to the strikingface of the club 7. During such entire passing of the pin 5 and the barb10 through the perforated object the barb 10 will collapse and be foldedbackinto the longer rearward section of the recess 12 by the resistanceof the object perforated. When the barb 10 has passed entirely throughthe object perforated it will swing on the pivot 11 back to itsdownwardly depending normal position and hold the punctured object onthe pin 5.

To release an object from the pin 5, held thereon by the barb 10, theclub 7 may be Lip-ended or stood in a reverse position to that occupiedwhen in play, whereupon the barb 10 will collapse and fall into thelonger rearwardly extending section of the recess 12 and beingentirelycontained the pin 5 and the collapsed infolded barb 10 may be easilyretired from the object punctured without further rupturing of theobject punctured.

In a blow with a club, provided with a puncturing pin as abovedescribed, an object may be punctured and the puncture observed inrelation to a predetermined point provided on the object punctured andthe accuracy or inaccuracy of the blow determined.

Having described the invention in language intended to be descriptiveand not limiting, mention is made of the fact that modifications'may bemade in the form, design, construction, connections or in otherparticulars concerning the parts shown without departing from the spiritand scope of the invention as set forth in the claims annexe hereto. L

WVhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is r '1. Ina puncturing pin for a golf club, in combination, a sheet member, anadhesive means on one face of the said sheet member for securing thesaid face to the striking face of the golf club and a pointed pinextended from the opposite face of the said 1 sheet member outwardly andforwardly therefrom and horizontally to the surface played upon, whenthe club is properly soled, after the said sheet member is secured tothe triking face of the club.

2. In a puncturing pin for a golf club, in combination, a pin pointed atone end, a head on the opposite end of the pin flattened in a planetraversing the length of the pin, a sheet member covering the saidflattened head and extended beyond the limits thereof, and through whichsaid covering sheet member the said pin projects by means of an apertureformed in and through the said covering sheet member, and an adhesivemeans on the covering face of the said covering sheet member forsecuring the said covering sheet member to the striking face of the cluband thereupon securing the said flattened head of the said pin betweenthe said covering sheet member and the striking face of the club.

3. In apuncturing pin for a golf club, in combination, a pin pointed atone end, a flattened head formed on the opposite end of the pin, a sheetmember covering andoverrunning the flattened head and through whichcovering sheet member the pin projects by means of an aperture formed inand through the covering sheet member, an adhesive means on the coveringface of the covering sheet member for securing the covering sheet memberto the striking face of the club and thereupon securing the saidflattened head of the pin between the said covering sheet memher and thestriking face of the club and a barb provided on the said pin.

4. In a puncturing pin for a golf club, in

combination, a pin pointed at one end, a flattened head on the oppositeend of the said pin, a sheet member covering and overrunning the saidflattened head into and through which covering sheet member the. saidpin is made to project, an adhesive means on the covering face of thesaid covering sheet member for securing the said covering sheet memberto the striking face of the club and thereupon securing the saidflattened head of the said pin between the said covering sheet memberand the face of the club and a barb pivoted on the said pin normally projecting therefrom. a

5. In a puncturing pin for a golf club, comprising, a pin carried on thestriking face of the club and a barb provided on the. pin disposed toresist the extraction of the pin from an object pierced by the pinandthe barb. v

6. In a puncturing pin for a golf club, in

combination, a pointed pin, means forsecuring the pm on the strikingface of the club and a barb on the pin disposed to resist the extractionof the pin from an object pierced by the pin and the barb.

7. In a puncturing pin fora golf club, in combination, a pin held on thestriking face of the club with the point of the pin projecting outwardlyand forwardly from the said face and a folding'barbon the said pin.

'8. In a puncturing pin for a golf club, in combination, a pin carriedon the striking face of the club with the point of the pin projectingoutwardly and forwardly from the said face of the club horizontally tothe surface played upon and a collapsing barb on the pin folding intoand out of longitudinal alignment with the pin.

9. In a puncturing pm for golf clubs, in combination, a pointed pincarried on the striking face of the club with the point projecting awaytherefrom, a longitudinal recess in the pin and a barb pivoted in the recess and swinging into and out of the recess,

Dec. 4th 1923.

WILLIAM J G OLDSIVORTH YL

